Automated Clearing House (ACH)
nounid
1620·updated May 9, 2026verified
An electronic clearing system in which a data processing center handles payment orders that are exchanged among financial institutions, primarily via telecommunications networks. ACH systems process large volumes of individual payments electronically. Typical ACH payments include salaries, consumer and corporate bill payments, interest and dividend payments, and Social Security payments.
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Classifications
Entity Type
System80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
Pci70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- plural
- Automated Clearing House (ACH)S
- possessive
- Automated Clearing House (ACH)'s
- pluralpossessive
- Automated Clearing House (ACH)S'
Framework definitions
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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- An electronic clearing system in which a data processing center handles payment orders that are exchanged among financial institutions, primarily via telecommunications networks. ACH systems process large volumes of individual payments electronically. Typical ACH payments include salaries, consumer and corporate bill payments, interest and dividend payments, and Social Security payments.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- An electronic clearing system in which a data processing center handles payment orders that are exchanged among financial institutions, primarily via telecommunications networks. ACH systems process large volumes of individual payments electronically. Typical ACH payments include salaries, consumer and corporate bill payments, interest and dividend payments, and Social Security payments.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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